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Health Room Information for New and Current Students and Families

Ways to Keep Your Child Healthy

Children come to school to learn...but we all know there are times when a child does not feel well enough to participate in class activities. Often an illness is spread to others before the first symptoms appear. The best way to keep these illnesses (such as colds or flu) from spreading is to take the following steps:

Teach your child to wash his or her hands frequently using plenty of soap and warm water. Proper hand washing should take about 20 - 30 seconds or the time it takes to sing "Happy Birthday" twice

Teach your child to cover coughs and sneezes with a tissue or to cough into their sleeve (elbow)

Keep the child's environment smoke-free; this will help in minimizing Asthma episodes in children with Asthma

Try to minimize the time your child spends with other children who have a cough or cold symptoms

Teach your child to use and pack easy-to-use disinfecting wipes and/or hand sanitizers in their backpack